The idea of freedom in Asia and Africa / edited by Robert H. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Robert H., 1943-

Series:

Making of modern freedom

The making of modern freedom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

History.

National liberation movements.

Developing countries.

National liberation movements--Asia.

National liberation movements--Africa.

Africa.

Nationalism--Asia--History--20th century.

Nationalism--Africa--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

In Africa and Asia, the conceptualization of freedom for individuals and societies has been heavily influenced by the translation of specific European or American ideas of freedom into new political and social contexts. This volume represents a pioneering preliminary assessment of some of the causes and consequences of the process.

Contents:

Itineraries of ideas of freedom in Africa : precolonial to postcolonial / Crawford Young

African states and the search for freedom / William J. Foltz

Developmentalism, revolution, and freedom in the Arab East : the cases of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq / James L. Gelvin

Ideas of freedom in modern India / Sudipta Kaviraj

Freedom in Burma and Thailand : inside or outside the state? / Robert H. Taylor

Reverberations of freedom in the Philippines and Vietnam / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet

Japan : state, society, and collective goods versus the individual / Sheldon Garon

Redefinitions of freedom in China / Andrew J. Nathan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0804745145

OCLC:

48951569